An examination of the dog found dead along with actor Gene Hackman and his wife in their Santa Fe home shows dehydration and starvation were likely what led to the animal’s demise.

Hackman, 95, a two-time Oscar winner in his illustrious career, may not have known that his wife died for up to a week before his own death, as he passed on 18 February due to 'hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributory factor'.

An investigation into the deaths of Hackman and his wife, 65-year-old Betsy Arakawa, paint a tragic picture of the 95-year-old Oscar-winner’s last days before he succumbed to heart disease, one